Sanders v. Bryer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court, on November 5, 1887, against Samuel G. Bryer and bis wife, Susan C. Bryer, for specific performance of their agreement for the sale of land owned by her, which agreement was contained in a lease thereof made by them to the plaintiff. Hearing before Mason, J., who, on October 16,1889, ordered a decree for the plaintiff; and the defendants alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
The only exceptions insisted on are to the refusals of the court to rule that the bill could not be maintained upon the evidence; and that, if entitled to a conveyance, the plaintiff is obliged to pay interest on the money tendered from the time of the tender.
It is contended that the description of the premises in the contract is indefinite, and is not aided by evidence. The description is of a “ one and one half story frame dwelling-house, *142with bam and outbuildings, and all land now being used in connection therewith, being about seven acres, more or less, situated on Central Street, in…
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